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Early Texas Schools

Early Texas Schools

Texas education from the Republic to the Depression is a study of social change. In 1850, some settlers’ schools were simply the shade of a tree; by...

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Chimney Wells Roundup

Chimney Wells Roundup

August 14, 1899 Near dusk, two members of the Wild Bunch, Will Carver and Elzy Lay, ride into Virgil Lusk’s cow camp near Chimney Wells, New Mexico,...

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The Pirooters

The Pirooters

In 1916, San Antonio teenager James Edward Pargrew’s growing pains keep him in hot water with his dominating lawyer father, but things change when...

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